Lehigh Valley Polo 2024
On behalf of Equi-librium and the Lehigh Valley Polo Committee, THANK YOU for celebrating ten years of polo with us today. We are so grateful to our event sponsors, volunteers, tailgaters, VIPs, ticket holders, vendors, and all who support our organization through this wonderful event.
Please enjoy some clips from today’s event, and tag us in your photos and videos!
Lehigh Valley Polo - field and venue prep
Our horse show team riders changed it up last night, taking a break from their dressage tests to have some fun over courses of raised poles! This was a great exercise for our horses and their riders as they continue to build upon foundational riding skills.
It’s the last week of Summer Program, and we’re so grateful for everyone who spent their summer with us! While we hit some heat-related bumps this season, we had a lot of great days with our riders, horses, and volunteers. Fall Session begins September 16th, and registration information is coming THIS WEEK for current participants and next week for returning participants. Please keep an eye on your emails!
The last day of summer camp means riding demonstrations for family and friends! It’s also pajama day, so our kiddos are riding in comfort!
Morning trail ride to beat the heat!
First day of Summer Camp! After a morning filled with riding and equine activities, campers got to hop in one of our wagons with PATH-certified driving instructor, Donna, and take Guinness for a spin! Thank you, Donna and Guinness, and all of our camp counselors and volunteers!
The best way to start the week? Yoga on horseback! Program Director, Christina Coxe, incorporates yoga into equine-assisted movement to improve strength, balance, and flexibility.
Another beautiful night to wrap up the week at Equi-librium! Here’s a clip of three of our quadrille team riders practicing spacing and timing this afternoon. Quadrille lessons are offered as a fun perk to volunteers and staff, and make for great enrichment opportunities for our horses, too. These riders and horses make it look easy!
This week’s scorching hot temperatures have called for the cancellation or adaptation of many of our programs. Our show team riders practiced complicated patterns on foot, and attended an educational Q&A with a competition judge; equine-assisted movement participants worked on balance and stength while their horses grazed beneath them in the shade of the trees; and many instructors switched to unmounted horsemanship lessons to benefit the riders and the horses!
Here’s a clip from a lesson with our lead instructor, Karin Nifong. She and her participants worked on clicker training with our youngest horse, Timber, to teach him to stand for baths - a valuable skill in the heat for a horse with so much hair! In the end, he seemed to even enjoy the water!
Thank you to our instructors and volunteers for braving the heat and adapting lesson plans to develop skills in new ways. And of course, a huge thank you to our horse care and facilities team for keeping the horses healthy and cared for in the heat all week!
Star celebrated his 14th birthday at DevonHouse Senior Living, and complete with a special rendition of “Happy Birthday” from the residents! We love the tiniest member of our equine team, and are so grateful for everyone else who loves him, too!
A roll in the mud
We may not love the mud that comes with Spring, but our horses sure do! Jackie is enjoying the warmer weather ☀️
